Microsoft Analytics Platform System

How to buy the Microsoft Analytics Platform System

Microsoft partners with leading hardware providers such as HP, Dell and Quanta to deliver the Analytics Platform System as a turnkey appliance. PDW and HDInsight software and premier support services are procured through Microsoft, with hardware purchased directly through our APS hardware partners.

Licensing overview

Licenses can be purchased as its own SKU (SQL Server PDW). Starting February 2015, SQL Server Enterprise Per Core licenses with SA may be used to license and run SQL Server PDW on the APS appliance.

SQL Server PDW software is licensed in the Per-Core based licensing model. Under the Per Core licensing model, all physical cores on all active PDW compute servers must be fully licensed for SQL Server PDW software and include active Software Assurance (SA) coverage.

Appliance software requirements

PDW Control & HDI Head Node Servers

HDI Active Compute Servers

PDW Active Compute Servers

Passive Failover Servers

SQL Server PDW Core Licenses with SA*

N/A

N/A

16 licenses per server**

N/A

Windows Server 2012 Standard Processor Licenses with SA

2 licenses per appliance

2 licenses per server

1 license per server

2 licenses per server

System Center 2012 Standard Processor Licenses with SA

2 licenses per appliance

2 licenses per server

1 license per server

2 licenses per server

*Starting February 1, 2015, SQL Server Enterprise Per Core licenses with Software Assurance may be used to license and run PDW on the APS Appliance.

**PDW core licenses are sold in packs of two, so eight 2-core license packs must be purchased to cover each 16-core server. Windows Server Standard and System Center Standard each cover two Operating System Environments.

APS hardware appliance partners

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